Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mandala of Vajrapani (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - (Sarvadurgati Tantra, Eight Nagas)

ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ། 金刚手菩萨
(item no. 205459)
Origin Location Tibet
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Mandala: 13 deity Vajrapani with Eight Nagas

Surrounding deities from the Drub thab gyatso: 46. Manjushri, Vajra, Orange with Three Faces and Six Hands 47. Achala, Blue with One Face and Two Hands 48. Tara, Red-Green with One Face and Two Hands; Three Deities Tara, Blue with One Face and Two Hands, Tara, Blue with One Face and Two Hands

Note, two forms of Tara have been added which are blue, most likely because this painting set is based on a different version of the iconographic text from the Drubthab gyatso.


View other items in the Thematic Set: Publication: Celestial Palace of the Gods of Tantric Vajrayana